Horizontal Vacuum Furnace

The DLA-Aviation is issuing this source sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for Rockwell Automation Inc., Allen-Bradley Division (CAGE 307W7) for Brand Name Requirement Specification of Allen & Bradley Controllogix Family -Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) or the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for one (1) Horizontal Vacuum Furnace.

The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 333517. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE/PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.

RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNIAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

Submission Instructions: Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged. Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to manufacture or legitimately obtain the listed items/supplies are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by February 10th, 2025, not later-than 3:00 pm EST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be sent to LaTres Clarke via email at Latres.Clarke@dla.mil.

Responses should not exceed ten (10) one-sided 8.5 x 11-inch pages with a font that is no smaller than 10 points. This is not a request for a proposal but only a request for submission of a vendor's capability and documentation to support capability to perform this requirement.

DLA Aviation Richmond intends to award other than full and open competition for a Horizontal Vacuum Furnace with Manual Loading Cart that can provide installation/rigging, training, technical data, IUID tags, foundation, removal existence, and shipping, requiring Rockwell Automation inc., And Allen-Bradley Processor Hardware.

Interested parties that can provide the required, a Horizontal Vacuum Furnace with installation/rigging, training, technical data, IUID tags, foundation, removal existence, and shipping, may identify their interest and capability to respond to this no later than the stated closing date/time. Place of performance is MARINE CORP AIR STATION (MCAS) FLEET READINESS CENTER EAST (FRCE) Cherry Point NC 28533-0021.